Multimedia visual artist Miguel Luciano, in collaboration with The Met’s Department of Musical Instruments, invites cuatrista Fabiola Méndez to activate Efrain Vega’s cuatro (1995) and other Puerto Rican instruments in the collection.
Fabiola Méndez on the Cuatro
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Efrain Vega
1995